In my last e-mail on this issue, I said "Also, the interrupt routine does not report power good, so that would have to be added”. It is a simple thing to add.
Regards, John > On Apr 19, 2016, at 3:30 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So there is apparently a bug related to this whole situation. Once the input > power goes away, whatever it may be. You lose USB, because the PMIC is not > longer able to supply 5V. You even get a kernel message in relation to this > from musb. > > The problem is, once input power is restored, I see no indication that 5V is > restored to USB. So If you tail -f /var/log/messages, you'll see one musb > message when pulling power, but you will not see a corresponding message when > plugging power back in. Additionally if you pull power multiple times. Only > the first message is displayed. > > What this tells me is that the current kernel modules are not written to deal > / handle this yet. So for now, unless I'm wrong ( which i doubt ). It's best > just to power down period. After input power goes away, and simply use an R/C > network to "time" system up's, in case power goes up / down rapidly. One, or > more times consecutively. > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 6:26 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com > <mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I have an interest in this. It's way above my pay grade from a programming > perspective... > > Mike > > Hi Mike, > > This is actually something I'm personally very interested in too. However, at > this moment in time, my buddy and I are actually in the process of making two > different capes for the beaglebone. So this is one of those situations where > you have to have priorities . . . and while I obviously do not know > everything involved to get this certain thing done, it is not above my pay > grade. > > So perhaps in the future, it may be something I'll revisit, and would be > something I'd contribute back to the community. > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Mike <bellyac...@gmail.com > <mailto:bellyac...@gmail.com>> wrote: > On 04/18/2016 03:31 PM, John Syne wrote: >> That is OK if this doesn’t work for you, but there are other BBB users who >> might find this helpful. Currently the powerfail uses the same key function >> as the pwr button, so the first place to start would be changing the key >> function to something else. Also, the interrupt routine does not report >> power good, so that would have to be added. After that, a systemd service >> could take care of the rest. >> >> Regards, >> John >> >> > > I have an interest in this. It's way above my pay grade from a programming > perspective... > > Mike > >> >> >>> On Apr 18, 2016, at 11:31 AM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> #1 >>> william@beaglebone:~$ ls /etc/udev/rules.d/ >>> 50-hidraw.rules 50-spi.rules 60-omap-tty.rules 70-persistent-net.rules >>> uio.rules >>> >>> #2 >>> We do not care about the button press. We *did* care about what happens >>> when power is removed, while a battery is connected. >>> >>> Now we do not care. We're not going to bother with it. It's too much hassle >>> for a result that is not really all that important. So what if the power >>> down routine is inefficient . . . it works. >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 10:29 AM, John Syne < >>> <mailto:john3...@gmail.com>john3...@gmail.com <mailto:john3...@gmail.com>> >>> wrote: >>> I asked Robert how the pwr button is processed and interestingly it is done >>> via udev and systemd. Also, there is some new code going mainstream for the >>> pwr button and battery charger. Perhaps you can implement the timer delay >>> via a custom systemd service. Here is what Robert sent me: >>> >>> Oh this is finally getting upstreamed: >>> >>> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg127184.html >>> <https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg127184.html> >>> >>> I need to switch to their version, vs our 3.8.13 erra hack that's been >>> forward ported for years. ;) >>> >>> Behind the scenes's that patch is reporting a key-event to systemd... >>> >>> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/09541e49ebd17b41482e447dd8194942f39788c0/src/login/70-power-switch.rules#L13 >>> >>> <https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/09541e49ebd17b41482e447dd8194942f39788c0/src/login/70-power-switch.rules#L13> >>> >>> Regards, >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 17, 2016, at 11:06 PM, William Hermans < >>>> <mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com>yyrk...@gmail.com <mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> There is no timer in that code. The timer would have to be added, and >>>> careful consideration would have to be given to exactly how that was >>>> implemented. >>>> >>>> So in other words, you would, or should write a completely new kernel >>>> module, that is meant to replace what already exists - As an option. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 10:25 PM, evilwulfie < >>>> <mailto:evilwul...@gmail.com>evilwul...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:evilwul...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> Where in the code do you set that timer ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 4/17/2016 7:50 PM, John Syne wrote: >>>>> One more thing, the power down sequence uses the RTC framework (described >>>>> earlier in this thread), so it will be possible to set a timer for the >>>>> shutdown and the wait for the power to return event to cancel the timer. >>>>> If the power on event does not occur, the shutdown will occur. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> John >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 17, 2016, at 7:18 PM, evilwulfie < >>>>>> <mailto:evilwul...@gmail.com>evilwul...@gmail.com >>>>>> <mailto:evilwul...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Interesting. Too bad if you want the battery to act as a UPS it cant >>>>>> some how notify the kernel that AC has been removed >>>>>> and have a routine to just chill a while to see if power comes back. >>>>>> >>>>>> Be nice to have a variable that is user settable for the time between >>>>>> loss of AC and shutdown. >>>>>> >>>>>> As it is now it sees the AC removed, shuts down and no easy way to >>>>>> restart on power restored. Requiring some other IC to monitor power >>>>>> and then press the pwr_but to restart the processor. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 4/17/2016 7:10 PM, John Syne wrote: >>>>>>> Yep, it is in the BB kernel: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel/blob/am33x-v4.1/patches/beaglebone/dts/0006-tps65217-Enable-KEY_POWER-press-on-AC-loss-PWR_BUT.patch>https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel/blob/am33x-v4.1/patches/beaglebone/dts/0006-tps65217-Enable-KEY_POWER-press-on-AC-loss-PWR_BUT.patch >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel/blob/am33x-v4.1/patches/beaglebone/dts/0006-tps65217-Enable-KEY_POWER-press-on-AC-loss-PWR_BUT.patch> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So again, on line 164 is the Interrupt routing. It is this line: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> + input_report_key(tps->pwr_but, KEY_POWER, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> + ~status_reg & TPS65217_STATUS_ACPWR); >>>>>>> that send a power button pressed as an input key when the AC 5V power >>>>>>> is removed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> John >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Apr 17, 2016, at 4:52 PM, William Hermans < >>>>>>>> <mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com>yyrk...@gmail.com >>>>>>>> <mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The real reason why our source trees do not match up. My source tree >>>>>>>> is based on 4.1.x, and yours seems to be 3.8.x. The patch you showed >>>>>>>> above would probably botch up my source tree . . . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 4:33 PM, William Hermans < >>>>>>>> <mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com>yyrk...@gmail.com >>>>>>>> <mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Yeah I recognize that code from source code not written by TI >>>>>>>> employees. 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